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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06
Also, regards to: "just don't make a big deal of race either way, and you should be ok." Race is race. It's impossible to "downplay" or "ingnore race" because well, it's not like a coat or something that you can take on and off.
Is it unfortunate that it's still an issue? Sure. But we can't advise people that "it'll be ok if they just downplay it."
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Oh, she meant for the OP to hide it? Hmmmm.
That's sad and has opposite than the desired effect. It makes race, ethnicity, and culture some kind of scarlet letter or controversial topic when it doesn't have to be. The way to make race not a bad thing is NOT to ignore it altogether. We all were taught some racial, ethnic, or cultural identities.